The city opened in the 1980s, 8,000 Monks Nuns are living in houses built along the mountain around Larung Gar Gompa, Buddhist Institution. Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok who opened Buddhist training place in this valley, seems more popular than Dalai Lama in east Tibet. This town is isolated Tibetan and filled with a feeling of tension.

GanZi Gompa, built on the cliff by disciple of the Dalai Lama five, has led to the old town through the Buddhist houses. Tibetan monks were chatting with grandpa, Grandma with free-ranging donkeys. This town has formed a strong pyramid around the temple, and completely different from the other typical Chinese town. I feel everyone is happy and healthy.